Marlborough House in Pall Mall, east of…
March 1711 CE
Marlborough House in Pall Mall, east of St. James's Palace, has been built for Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, the favorite and confidante of Queen Anne.
The Duchess had wanted her new house to be "strong, plain and convenient and good".
The architect Christopher Wren and his son of the same name have designed a brick building with rusticated stone quoins (cornerstones) that is completed in 1711.
It will serve for over a century as the London residence of the Dukes of Marlborough.
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In its original form Marlborough House had just two stories. This illustration of c.1750 shows the garden front.
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